{"id":545266,"date":"2026-03-18T20:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545266\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:46:09","slug":"calgary-stampede-releases-20-year-plan-to-turn-venue-into-year-round-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545266\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampede releases 20-year plan to turn venue into year-round destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7b3ff2ab-ac4b-4d23-aa98-4f6262234e03.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aerial view of Calgary Stampede Grounds. (Image Credit: ID 38765081 \u00a9 Ldredge | Dreamstime.com)<\/p>\n<p>By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>Includes Seven District Zones<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tMar 18, 2026 | 1:36 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Stampede has unveiled a 20-year blueprint to turn the venue of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth into a year-round destination. <\/p>\n<p>The Stampede and the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation has released the new master plan aimed to expand Stampede Park. <\/p>\n<p>It includes creating seven distinct zones, including a live event area where the current home of the NHL\u2019s Calgary Flames, the Saddledome, now sits. <\/p>\n<p>The Flames new Scotia Place arena is well under construction and is slated to open for the 2027-28 hockey season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aerial view of Calgary Stampede Grounds. (Image Credit: ID 38765081 \u00a9 Ldredge | Dreamstime.com) By Bill Graveland, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-545266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}